Glycosaminoglycan contributions to both protein C activation and thrombin inhibition involve a common arginine-rich site in thrombin that includes residues arginine 93, 97, and 101.

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Proteoglycans play pivotal roles in the regulation of thrombin. Thrombomodulin (TM) binds thrombin through protein-protein contacts and a chondroitin sulfate moiety. The complex activates the anticoagulant zymogen, protein C. Thrombin and a thrombin mutant with Arg93, Arg97, and Arg101 changed to Ala bind soluble TM lacking the chondroitin sulfate with comparable affinities, but the mutant binds TM containing...

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